different between tres vs clavinet

English

Noun

tres (plural treses)

1. (music) A three-course stringed instrument similar to a guitar; the Cuban variant has six strings, and the Puerto Rican has nine.

Derived terms

• tresero

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

Anagrams

• 'rest, -estr-, -ster, -ster-, ERTs, REST, Rest., SERT, TERs, erst, estr-, rest, rest., rets

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *trõtja, etymologically identical with Proto-Slavic *tratj? (“to spend, to waste”).

Noun

tres (first-person singular past tense treta, participle tretur)

1. I dissolve, digest, melt down, lose weight
2. I throw away

Derived terms

• tretje

References

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin tr?s, from Proto-Italic *tr?s, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

tres

1. three

Asturian

Etymology 1

From Latin tr?s, from Proto-Italic *tr?s, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

tres (indeclinable)

1. three

Usage notes

When there is possibility of confusion with the preposition tres, the numeral tres is accented as trés

Etymology 2

From Latin tr?ns (“beyond, on the other side”).

Preposition

tres

1. behind, beyond
2. after

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan tres, from Latin tr?s, from Proto-Italic *tr?s, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?t??s/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?t??s/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?t?es/
• Rhymes: -?s

Numeral

tres m or f

1. three

Derived terms

• tenir en cap a tres quarts de quinze (“be absent-minded or crazy”)
• en un tres i no res
• buscar tres peus al gat (“search for all the inconveniences”)

Noun

tres m (plural tresos)

1. three
2. (castells) a castell with three castellers on each level of the tronc

Further reading

• “tres” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Etymology

Clipping of tresindstyve.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tres/, [?t???æs]
• Rhymes: -as

Numeral

tres

1. sixty

   Synonyms: tresindstyve, seksti

Related terms

• tressende (“sixtieth”)
• tresser (“sixties”)
• tresindstyvende (“sixtieth”)

References

• “tres” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “tres” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese tres, from Latin tr?s, from Proto-Italic *tr?s, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

Numeral

tres (indeclinable)

1. three

Interlingua

Numeral

tres

1. three

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese três.

Numeral

tres

1. three (3)

Kristang

Etymology

From Portuguese tres, from Latin tr?s, from Proto-Italic *tr?s, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

tres

1. three

Latin

Alternative forms

• tris
• Symbol: III

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *tr?s, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognates include Sanskrit ???? (trí), Ancient Greek ????? (treîs) and Old English þr?o (English three).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tre?s/, [t??e?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tres/, [t???s]

Numeral

tr?s (neuter tria); third-declension two-termination numeral, plural only

1. three; 3

Usage notes

See Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective, plural only.

Derived terms

Related terms

• terti?rius
• tertius
• trias
• triplex

Descendants

• Eastern Romance
  • Aromanian: trei
  • Istro-Romanian: trei
  • Megleno-Romanian: trei
  • Romanian: trei
• Franco-Provençal: três
• Ligurian: træ
• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Corsican: trè
  • Dalmatian: tra
  • Italian: tre
  • Neapolitan: trei, tre, tréje
  • Sicilian: tri
• Old French: trois
  • Middle French: troys
    • French: trois
      • Haitian Creole: twa
  • Norman: trais
  • Walloon: troes
• Old Occitan: tres
  • Catalan: tres
  • Occitan: tres
• Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulian: trê
  • Ladin: trei
  • Romansch: trais
• Sardinian: tres
• Venetian: tre
• West Iberian
  • Asturian: tres
  • Old Portuguese: tres
    • Galician: tres
    • Portuguese: três
  • Old Spanish: [Term?]
    • Ladino: trez
    • Spanish: tres

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

• tres in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tres in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tres in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Middle English

Noun

tres

1. plural of tre

Middle French

Adverb

tres

1. manuscript form of trés

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tres

1. passive of tre (Etymologies 3 & 4)

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan tres, from Latin tr?s, from Proto-Italic *tr?s, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tres/

Numeral

tres

1. three

Related terms

• trenta
• tresen

Old Occitan

Numeral

tres

1. three (3)

Descendants

• Catalan: tres
• Occitan: tres

Old Portuguese

Numeral

tres

1. three (3)

Descendants

• Galician: tres
• Portuguese: três

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese três and Spanish tres and Kabuverdianu tres.

Numeral

tres

1. three (3)

Portuguese

Adjective

tres

1. Obsolete spelling of três

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) trais
• (Sursilvan, Surmiran) treis

Etymology

From Latin tr?s, from Proto-Italic *tr?s, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Number

tres

1. (Sutsilvan) three

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin tr?s, from Proto-Italic *tr?s, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tr?s/, [?tr?z??]

Numeral

tres

1. three

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tr?s, from Proto-Italic *tr?s, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?es/, [?t??es]

Numeral

tres

1. three

Derived terms

Related terms

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tres.

Numeral

tres

1. three

   Synonym: tatlo

English

Etymology

Blend of clavichord +? clarinet

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?klæv??n?t/, enPR: kl?v'?-n?t?
• Rhymes: -?t
• Hyphenation: clav?i?net

Noun

clavinet (plural clavinets)

1. (music) An electrophonic keyboard instrument, an electronically amplified clavichord with a distinctive bright staccato sound.

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